The Christmas holidays are a fun and festive time of year. Decorating the house and the Christmas tree are great ways to get into the Christmas frame of mind. And making your own Christmas decorations is an even better way to get into the Christmas spirit. It can seem hard to come up with fresh Christmas decoration ideas Lance Lynn Cardinals Jersey , but in reality it is not that difficult. Just look around you, around the house and in the stores. You can also find many ideas by browsing the internet.

Many fun decorations can be made with simple items found around the house. These Christmas decoration ideas can be made with kids for an added touch of fun. Some free Christmas decoration ideas include paper chains, popcorn garland, and, the ever popular, felt and glitter ornaments. You can also use evergreens to make decoration pieces around a candle.

Paper is a logical choice when it comes to making your own Christmas decoration. You could cut strips from any of the paper around your house, whether it is the newspaper, packaging materials or any other paper you may have. Take one strand and put the ends together with some overlap. Glue the overlapping peaces together to form the first ring. Stick the second peace of paper through the first ring and glue the ends together. Use all kinds of different colors to make a chain for your Christmas tree or to decorate any part of your house.

Popcorn garland is another one of the fun free Christmas decoration ideas that take little time, money, or effort. Initially, pop a bag of popcorn in the microwave. Next, thread a needle with a long piece of thread (as long as you would like the garland to be). Finally, thread the needle through the middle of the popped kernels, one after another, until the popcorn reaches the needle. Knot the end of the thread and display your garland on your Christmas tree.

In our family this Christmas decoration has been a tradition for as long as I can remember. Every year my mom would bring out her felt, glitters and the hot glue gun and me and my siblings would craft ornaments for each other and for our parents. We would cut felt in the shape we liked. We would attach an object to the felt and cover the Christmas ornament with glitters. After attaching a string we would hand out the ornaments to each of the family members and we would decorate the tree each with our own Christmas ornament. Give it a try and before you know you will have started a great family tradition that everybody looks forward to, year after year.

Christmas traditions are very special. If you think about it, you were celebrating the same way with your parents as your kids are with you. Not only are you honoring a longstanding tradition, but you are also coming up with Christmas decoration ideas that keep everyones juices flowing and create that unique Christmas spirit. Making your own (low budget) ornaments and seeing them hanging on the Christmas tree year after year will bring back fun memories for all to share. Author's Resource Box Emily Williams is the writer for Ready4Christmas. She has an abundance of articles for you on Christmas decorations. Make sure you also check her Christmas guide, so that you will be ready for Christmas

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Istanbul - Thirty-five people were killed and 40 hurt when at least one gunman reportedly wearing a Santa outfit stormed a popular Istanbul nightclub and sprayed bullets at revellers celebrating the New Year.

Here is what we know about the massacre, the latest to rock Turkey after a bloody 2016.

- The attack -

At least one gunman shot dead a policeman and a civilian at the entrance to the Reina nightclub and then went on a shooting rampage inside, Istanbul governor Vasip Sahin said.

According to some witnesses cited by the Dogan news agency, the attackers were "speaking Arabic".

Sahin wasted no time branding the bloodshed a "terror attack", the latest to strike Turkey after a wave of assaults by Islamic State jihadists and Kurdish guerrillas.

According to NTV television, special forces officers were still searching the premises.

TV pictures showed ambulances ferrying the wounded from the scene as police cordoned off the area.

- The venue -

The attack took place at the swanky Reina nightclub in the Ortakoy district on the banks of the Bosphorus on the European side of the city.

There were reportedly as many as 700 people dancing to celebrate the New Year, which chimed in barely an hour before the attack.